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litigant Definition

liti·gant (liti gənt)

adjective

Rare engaged in litigation

Etymology: Fr < L litigans

noun

a party to a lawsuit

litigant Synonyms

litigant

n.

litigator, claimant, disputant, contestant; see defendant, prosecution 2.

litigant Law Definition

n

A party to a legal action.
litigant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • assist: However, subject to that, they will do their best to assist any litigant.
  • aid: His/her fate would be no different from that of a conventional legally aided litigant in modern times.
  • represent: Or that there might be a perception of unfairness if former judges represented litigants in court.
  • allow: The proposals will allow county court litigants to send money direct to the CFO.
  • help: If the law helped a litigant to make his case, fine.
  • provide: It is planning to establish a call center by October to provide more potential litigants.

Adjective modifier

  • vexatious: The Certification Officer is given powers to deal with vexatious litigants.
  • unrepresented: Unrepresented litigants are advised that help with their application may be available from the Citizens ' Advice Bureau at the Royal Courts of Justice.
  • unsuccessful: From the point of view of the unsuccessful litigant, trial by witnesses must have been unsatisfactory at the best of times.
  • successful: But it means that a successful litigant will not receive all the money which he or she has been awarded.
  • potential: One reason for my success in seeing off potential litigants is that I don't like to go into print without checking my facts.
  • private: It would be detrimental, if not devastating, to our system of justice and unfair to private litigants.

Modifies a noun

  • s: However, some applications from litigant s in person may be deemed suitable to be dealt with in the same way.
  • information: They had advised on the new Court Service leaflets and would be advising the JSB Equal Treatment Advisory Committee on issues concerning litigant information.
  • cannot: Creditors and litigants cannot so easily attack assets which are not held by an individual personally.

Noun used with modifier

  • party: The only people who would still be allowed to lodge paper documents would be party litigants.
  • solicitor: In particular, the costs to be allowed to a solicitor litigant in person are to be subject to the two thirds restriction.

Possessives

  • right: Of firms offering lost to fraud litigant's right to discovery.

Preposition: in

  • person: You are advised to be a litigant in person in the court.
  • court: Or that there might be a perception of unfairness if former judges represented litigants in court.

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